{{Short description|Genus of sharks}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|65|0|ref=<ref>{{cite journal |author=Sepkoski, J. |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry) |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |pages=560 |date=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class |access-date=January 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510170834/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class |archive-date=May 10, 2012 }}</ref>}} <small>Danian to Present</small> | image = Nebrius ferrugineus.jpg | image_caption = Tawny nurse shark, ''Nebrius ferrugineus'' | taxon = Nebrius | authority = Rüppell, 1837 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Nebrius ferrugineus'' <small>Lesson, 1831</small> *† ''Nebrius bequaerti'' <small>(Leriche, 1920)</small> *† ''Nebrius blanckenhorni'' <small>(Stromer, 1905)</small> *† ''Nebrius obliquus'' <small>(Leidy, 1877)</small> *† ''Nebrius thielensis'' <small>(Winkler 1873)</small> | synonyms = *''Nebrodes'' <small>Garman, 1913</small> }}
'''''Nebrius''''' is a genus of carpet sharks in the family Ginglymostomatidae.
It contains a single extant species, the tawny nurse shark (''Nebrius ferrugineus''), as well as a number of extinct species dating back to the Early Paleocene.<ref name="bourdon">Bourdon, J. (2007). [http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=genera/cenozoic/sharks/nebrius.html&menu=bin/menu_genera-alt.html Fossil Genera: ''Nebrius'']. The Life and Times of Long-Dead Sharks. Retrieved on June 7, 2009.</ref>
==See also== * {{C|Prehistoric sharks}} * List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Ginglymostomatidae Category:Shark genera Category:Paleocene sharks Category:Paleogene sharks Category:Neogene sharks Category:Quaternary sharks Category:Danian first appearances Category:Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell Category:Extant Danian first appearances
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